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Tracking structural funds

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EU’s hidden billions

The Bureau and Financial Times reveal the waste and fraud in Europe’s structural funds.

Analysis: Why Greece’s hand-out might spell trouble

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The EU has identified €7.7bn in potential funding for Greece.

Track the money: Who gets what from EU Structural Funds

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Access the database to find out where every penny goes.

EU waste: Massive Spanish desalination plant lies idle

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An award-winning £265m Spanish desalination facility, backed by EU Funds, has never been used.


Lack of transparency hides details of funding

November 29th, 2010 by | 5 Comments
Published in All Stories, Europe's Hidden Billions

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Bulgaria and the UK at the bottom of the Bureau’s Transparency Index.


Case study: EU takes years to investigate fraud

November 29th, 2010 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch, Europe's Hidden Billions

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Italian company with links to Eurocrats investigated over use of EU funding, but with little result.


Organisational restructuring in UK government could jeopardise EU funding

November 29th, 2010 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch, Europe's Hidden Billions, Top Stories

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Public spending cuts and changes to government bodies puts aid at risk.


In video: EU Structural Funds explained

November 24th, 2010 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Europe's Hidden Billions, Get the Data, Graphics, Video

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The EU gives out €347bn of taxpayers’ money across 271 regions and 27 countries. We explain how the Structural Funds work.


Interactive: Which countries get the most

October 29th, 2010 by
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch, Europe's Hidden Billions, Get the Data, Graphics

Find out how much each state gets from EU Structural Funds.


EU money used to build illegal hotels on UNESCO site

July 6th, 2010 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch, EU carousel, Europe's Hidden Billions

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Lanzarote, the popular Canary Islands tourist destination, faces the possibility of losing its environmentally protected status because of illegal overdevelopment of coastal areas and alleged corruption among local officials.


Tory Party Funding

Tory Party Funding
The Bureau's definitive guide to donations to the Conservative party.

Deaths in Police Custody

Deaths in Police Custody
A case to answer on the use of restraint.

Read the investigation here.

Covert War on Terror

Covert Drone War
The Bureau analyses the US's secret bombing campaign in Pakistan and Somalia.

Iraq War Logs

Iraq War Logs
The real and uncensored story of the war in Iraq. Read the Iraq War Logs here

Ethiopia Aid Exposed

Ethiopia Aid Exposed
How western aid is being misused by Zenawi's regime of oppression and torture.

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